OBJECTIVE To study the efficacy of a low dose of mifepristone (100 mg) in combination with misoprostol, in women undergoing medical termination of pregnancy up to gestation of 49 days. MATERIAL AND METHODS A prospective study was performed in 50 women (mean age 26.54±3.68 years) with single intrauterine pregnancy of up to 49 days of gestation, presenting to our institution between November 20...

OBJECTIVE To examine the links between pregnancy outcomes (birth, abortion, or involuntary pregnancy loss) and mental health outcomes for US women during the transition into adulthood to determine the extent of increased risk, if any, associated with exposure to induced abortion. METHOD Panel data on pregnancy history and mental health history for a nationally representative cohort of 8005 wo...

Abortion plays a significant role in reproductive life of the women in which direct or indirectly affect to maternal mortality and disability.Study was conducted to assess the sociodemographic factors related with abortion under Comprehensive Abortion Care & Post Abortion Care (CAC/PAC) services in six districts of Lumbini Zone of Nepal. Hospital based cross sectional study was undertaken among...

To provide optimal information to women choosing between early medical and surgical abortion, rigorous comparisons of the two methods are warranted. We compared the outcome of 1135 consecutive women with gestational age (GA) < or = 63 days receiving either a medical (600 mg mifepristone and 1 mg gemeprost) or a surgical abortion (vacuum aspiration in general anesthesia). One hundred eleven of t...

Background: Spontaneous miscarriage is defined as an involuntary termination of pregnancy before 20 th week of gestation or spontaneous expulsion of fetus below a fetal weight of 500 gm. The introduction of ultrasound into the obstetrical practice has been extremely useful in providing better understanding of the etiology of the first trimester spontaneous abortion and a basis for its clinical ...

To examine the association between colonization by two newly classified species of genital ureaplasmas (Ureaplasma parvum and U. urealyticum) in early pregnancy and subsequent late abortion or preterm birth at <34 weeks of gestation, four species of genital mycoplasmas--Mycoplasma genitalium, M. hominis, U. parvum, and U. urealyticum--as well as Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae w...

PROBLEM/CONDITION Since 1969, CDC has conducted abortion surveillance to document the number and characteristics of women obtaining legal induced abortions in the United States. REPORTING PERIOD COVERED 2011. DESCRIPTION OF SYSTEM Each year, CDC requests abortion data from the central health agencies of 52 reporting areas (the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and New York City). The rep...

BACKGROUND Surgical treatment of failed medical abortion may be performed several weeks after initiation of the abortion. There are no recognized methods for early identification of these late failures. We assessed the prognostic values of beta-hCG and ultrasonography in predicting late failure after medical abortion. METHODS A total of 694 consecutive women with gestational age (GA) <63 days...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess women's experiences of having an early medical abortion at home and to investigate their perceptions of the information provided before the abortion. The study also aimed to investigate possible differences between groups of women. STUDY DESIGN The study is cross-sectional with a descriptive and comparative design. Semi-structured telephone inter...

CONTEXT Young women frequently cite concerns about the effects of unplanned pregnancies on future life course outcomes, including education, employment and relationships, as reasons for seeking abortion. There is relatively little evidence as to whether abortion leads to improved life course outcomes for young women who choose this option. METHODS Data from 492 women participating in a 25-yea...